Sanford police officers gave conflicting accounts of an ex-neighborhood watch leader's injuries in the minutes after he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Documents released by prosecutors Thursday show that some officers thought George Zimmerman's nose was broken but others didn't. The officers agreed that Zimmerman had cuts on the back of his head.
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Officer Tim Smith, the first officer at the scene, told an investigator Zimmerman continued to bleed from the nose at police headquarters, even after paramedics attended to him. Zimmerman's back was also wet, and his clothes had grass on them, Smith said.
"'I was yelling for help but no one would help me,'" Smith quoted Zimmerman as saying.
Zimmerman also carried his concealed weapons permit in his wallet, Smith said.
However, another officer who saw Zimmerman enter the Sanford Police Headquarters after the shooting "did not notice any injury to Zimmerman's nose" but observed Zimmerman "was 'grunting' as if in pain," according to the documents.
The degree of Zimmerman's injuries could be important in his claim of self-defense. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting.
One of the major points of dispute is who was on top during the fight between Martin and Zimmerman. Most witnesses said they do not know, but one witness told prosecution investigators March 27 that Martin was on top. The one on top, she said, was the same one who lay motionless in the grass after the shooting.
The documents include police reports from prior burglaries in Retreat at Twin Lakes. Between March 2010 and March 2012, the documents say, seven burglaries were reported at the townhouse community, as well as several larcenies and drug offenses. That is important because Zimmerman said he became suspicious of Martin because of all the burglaries in the neighborhood.
Also released was a report from the second officer to arrive at the scene. It described how Smith was holding both Zimmerman and Martin at gunpoint, and when Martin would not raise his hands, they rolled him over and found the gunshot wound to his torso. It says they used a plastic bag to try to seal the wound and began CPR on Martin, despite finding no pulse.
The documents also provide an account of Martin's activities with his cousin the day before the shooting and show crime scene photos.
About 284 documents were released Thursday.
Zimmerman was arrested 44 days after the shooting. The delay triggered protests nationwide and the departure of Sanford's police chief.